Membrane fluidity determines sensitivity of filamentous fungi to chitosan

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1021-1032

  Palma Guerrero, J ^a   Lopez Jimenez, J A ^b   Perez Berna A J ^c   Huang, I C ^d   Jansson, H B ^a   Salinas, J ^a   Villalain J ^c   Read, N D ^d   Lopez Llorca, L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MUTANT; NEMATODE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHITOSAN; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; FUNGI; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

ARTHROPODA; FUNGI; NEMATODA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 76449112840     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.07039.x     Document Type: Article

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